What Were We Thinking?!: From Innocence to Decadence

In the tradition of cult favorites REEFER MADNESS and THE ATOMIC CAFE, WHAT WERE WE THINKING?! surveys the litany of campy propaganda films produced in America during the 1950s. Geared toward the nation's burgeoning and increasingly rebellious teenage population, these scare movies capitalized on Cold War fears of communism, nuclear war, and alien attacks to offer moralistic tales encouraging social conformity. This hilarious documentary pays ironic tribute to these paragons of kitsch with a collection of film clips and public service announcements warning of the dangers of sex, drug abuse, gangs, and other staples of juvenile delinquency.